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CINCINNATI -- Today, many Tri-State families will only watch a Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV.

But decades ago, Cincinnati had a huge Thanksgiving Day Parade. It featured stars like Snow White, Captain Kangaroo and the big man himself -- Santa Claus.

In 1975, WCPO hosted Cincinnati's "first 'pro' Thanksgiving Day parade," as Cincinnati Magazine called it at the time.

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"The first annual Channel 9 Holiday Parade is billed as a seasonal welcome as big as the Big Apple's own, with an 'American Christmas' bicentennial theme to boot," wrote "BKD" in the 1975 Cincinnati Magazine article.

"WCPO wanted to present a broadcast that combined elements such as community needs, downtown pride and vitality, family recreation and a healthy, unadulterated flair for showbiz," the article continued. "The answer came in the form of a first-class parade."

The parade started at Riverfront Stadium -- only five years old at the time -- then continued to Second Street, turned onto Plum, then took Fifth Street to Broadway.

The Grand Marshal of the parade was Captain Kangaroo, whose show broadcast on Channel 9 in the '70s. Uncle Al (of course) had a float in the parade, as did Mr. Patches and Lucky the Clown.

WATCH archive footage from the parade below:

The downtown parade didn't catch on to rival Macy's Parade in New York, but the Thanksgiving Day Parade is still a cherished tradition in Price Hill.

The Thanksgiving Day Race, too, is a turkey day tradition that's alive and well. This year will be the 107th annual Thanksgiving Day Race. It's the sixth oldest Thanksgiving Day race in the country, Runner's Magazine reported.